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(1):

(n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.

(2):

(v. i.) To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

(3):

(n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Boll'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/boll.html. 1828.
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